Search for a 'Thing' SAT OCT 7th 1967
Well, what is it, or was it?
Canadian Press
SHELBURNE, N.S. Oct. 7 — Three pairs navy divers from Halifax were to join the underwater search today off nearby Shag Harbor for an unidentified flying object reported to have disappeared in the water there yesterday night (OCT 4th).
A navy spokesman said last night the four-man navy diving team already there found no trace of the object during their noon-to-sunset search yesterday.
The divers, marching in pairs in water 20-30 feet deep, reported good visibility and a firm, sandy sea bottom.
Meanwhile, in Ottawa, a spokesman for an RCAF department that checks out reports of unidentified flying objects said the department was "very interested" in the report from Shag Harbor.
"We get hundreds of reports every week," he said, "but the Shag Harbor incident is one of the few where we obtain an interesting report."
Today's search was halted at 8.4 a.m.
A local resident who had seen the object called RCAF who agreed in time to see it floating and finally disappear beneath the water.
The navy spokesman said residents could not describe the shape of the object but said it was over 30 feet long and was dark with four white lights.
National Research Council of Canada/ Conseil national de recherches du Canada RG 77, Vol. 306